DNA Testing Identifies Long-Sought Suspect in 1982 East Orange Homicide After New Jersey State Police and FBI Used Genetic Genealogy – Central Recorder Publishing

DNA Testing Identifies Long-Sought Suspect in 1982 East Orange Homicide After New Jersey State Police and FBI Used Genetic Genealogy – Central Recorder Publishing

TRENTON, NJ — Renewed DNA testing and follow-up investigation have led New Jersey State Police to identify a suspect in the 1982 killing of an East Orange man, more than 40 years after the case went cold. State Police say the suspect was Larry Burney, formerly of East Orange, who died in 2005 while incarcerated at South Woods State Prison. The victim was William Jenkins, who was found dead inside his apartment at 244 Halsted St. on April 20, 198…